Ten nips at Seven, while 7Two returns good ratings result

Tim Burrowes

May 18, 2010 12:33

Ten’s Good News Week has slipped back down below the one million mark after enjoying a ratings boost last week, but the network still managed to come a close third to Seven in Monday’s ratings led by Masterchef which has cemented its ratings lead.

The cooking show attracted an average audience of 1.74m last night, according to preliminary overnight OzTam data in the main metro markets.

In overall free-to-air viewing share, Nine’s main channel was first with a 25.6 per cent, while Seven came in second with 21.9 per cent, closely followed by Ten with 21.4 per cent.

Seven’s digital channel 7Two faired better with a leading 3.9 per cent share ahead of Nine’s Go with 2.5 per cent and Ten’s digital sports channel One with 1.1 per cent.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.